Orphrey Band
1601–1700
- Medium
- Silk, warp-float faced with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet, appliquéd with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss and gilt-metal strip and purl-wrapped silk in satin and split stitches; laid work and couching; edged with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal strip-wrapped silk in padded couching
- Dimensions
- 117.9 × 21.5 cm (46 3/8 × 8 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- Textiles
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
silk (fiber)gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silklinen (material)appliqué (technique)liturgicalvelvetritual objectsneedlework (visual works)Textilecouching (embroidering)laid workembroideringplain weaving